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Emperor Penguin
Aptenodytes forsteri Gray, GR, 1844
Spheniscidae — Penguins
Emperor Penguin, Aptenodytes forsteri, is a penguin of Antarctica, breeding on Antarctic sea ice and ranging out to the edge of pack-ice when not breeding. It is the only penguin that nests through the Antarctic winter. The species is the largest living penguin, and the sexes are alike in appearance and size. Its head and back are black, set off by a white underside, pale-yellow breast and bright-yellow ear patches. It is flightless, with a streamlined body and wings adapted as flippers for life at sea.
- Order
- Sphenisciformes
- Family
- Spheniscidae — Penguins
- Breeding range
- Antarctica: Antarctic sea ice
- Nonbreeding range
- to edge of pack-ice
